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AM Highlights Good Driver Eye Health

7/6/2018

 
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During Glaucoma Awareness Week, Gower Assembly Member, Rebecca Evans AM, is supporting calls to improve awareness among Welsh drivers about the importance of having an up-to-date eye test before getting behind the wheel. 
 
It is estimated that crashes involving a driver with poor vision cause 2,900 casualties each year. 
 
At an event in the Senedd, Rebecca Evans AM discussed eye health with Vision Express, and tested a driving simulator which replicates the experience of driving with glaucoma.

Rebecca Evans AM said: “The simulator was a real eye-opener in terms of the impact that poor vision can have on driving. 
 
“It’s absolutely right that, to-date, efforts to improve road safety have focussed on speeding, drug and drink driving, driver fatigue and mobile phone use. However, there now needs to be a focus on promoting good eye health.”
 
Glaucoma is one of the biggest causes of preventable sight loss in the UK – it accounts for over one million outpatient NHS visits across the UK each year. The condition is symptomless in its early stages, and a regular eye test is the only way to detect it. Over 90% of people diagnosed early will retain some useful sight but late diagnosis can result in total blindness.
 
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There are an estimated 19,000 people with glaucoma who could be driving without realising the danger they pose to themselves and others. 


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